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If you drive a car the way you play an instrument
Periodically, as the band is playing a new piece of music, they tend to put their focus on getting the right notes and maybe the right rhythm. Dynamics, key signature, accidentals, etc…… are often...
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Dr. William Revelli
William Revelli was a legendary Director of Bands at the University of Michigan for decades. I didn’t know that when he stepped on the podium to rehearse the high school clinic band I was in at the...
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Music Teacher Unreasonable (?) Expectations
Three things prompted this post: The Meme (below) about putting students on a stage, because….Our Christmas Concerts are next Fri/Sat, andA recent discussion involving music teachers and an...
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Band Students Make Better Employees
By John Gardner Teens are looking for part-time jobs during high school. Common is the parental directive that he must at least pay the insurance and for the gas to drive the family car — or to...
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Broken Trust and the Damage Bad Teachers Cause
By John Gardner Another news story of a teacher caught up in a sexual situation with students. Sad and disturbing on multiple levels because at least two lives are damaged — forever changed. Students...
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Safety, Transparency and Reputation when Coaching Students
By John Gardner For a short time during my earliest teen years, without concern about walking to and into his home, I studied piano with a single guy who lived a few blocks away. During high school...
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Matching Outfits
Matching outfits, your way or this way. Your way — or this way The post Matching Outfits appeared first on Virtual Music Office.
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5 Steps to Cleaning Technical Passages for Instrumentalists
By John Gardner “If the notes are on the paper, it is your job to play ALL of them.” -John Gardner Too often, when I have heard high school (and college) students perform a piece, there are then...
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Bullying, Band and Best Practices
By John Gardner UPDATE: Be sure to read the parent comment at the end of this article. Over a decade after high school graduation, he told his parents he was bullied as a high school freshman, not...
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America the Beautiful on Flag Day
It is Flag Day. Enjoy some quiet, patriotic music…. “America the Beautiful” played on one of the two (this is the 7000 pipes organ) chapel organs at Duke University. Both the organ and the pictures of...
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